Statistical and Algorithmic Approaches to Bullet Matching
Heike Hofmann
Statistical and Algorithmic Approaches to Bullet Matching
Heike Hofmann, Alicia Carriquiry, Eric Hare, Haley Jeppson Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University June 8th, 2017
Outline
Same Source Problem: were two bullets fired through the same gun barrel?
Besides visual inspection: score from Automatic Matching Algorithm based on 3d topographic images
Score provides objective measure for the match (between 0 and 1, the higher the more likely the match)